"I'd encourage any young reader to scan their libraries
and bookstores for more splendid nonfiction by [Cheryl] Harness."
 
                                - Knoxville News-Sentinel

 

For information about ordering any or all of Cheryl's newest books directly from her, by check + snail-mail, CLICK HERE!
OR, if you'd prefer to pay by credit card, click on any of the 'Add to Cart' buttons below the titles. You'll find yourself at PayPal's website. Either way, Cheryl will be so thrilled at your purchase that she'll sign your book(s), and personalize it, too, if you wish.



 


 


"What a joy to have Cheryl Harness' gifts of art and her passion for history to bring to life our city's favorite son!" - Barbara J. Potts, former Mayor of Independence, MO

 The Harry Book, is a soft-covered (5 ½” x 8 ½”) pictorial biography of my former neighbor, Harry S. Truman. I packed these 48 pages with lively, detailed illustrations, solid information, maps, a chronology, and plenty of resources to help you learn even more about the life and extraordinary times of the ‘ordinary’ citizen who became our nation’s 33rd President.

Price: $4.97 + $1.25 for applicable sales tax & shipping

 

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Grab Hold of the Past, How Understanding the PAST Adds Sparkle and Depth to Your Life in the PRESENT, Can Enrich Your FUTURE, and Very Possibly SAVE the WORLD.
 
 After more than 25 years of writing and illustrating award-winning historical books for young readers, here is my G.H. of the P. a solid little volume (4 ¼” x 6 ¾”). Its 125 pages are filled with essays on the benefits and importance of developing H.A. (Historical Awareness), both for the individual and for the nation. I’ve added pen & ink illustrations and a treasury of links and quotations, any of which will be latched onto by educators or anyone whose fancy leans toward the vanished past. IF you’d like to read an excerpt, CLICK HERE:

Price: $8.49 + $1.50 for applicable sales tax & shipping

 

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LAURA INGALLS WILDER COLORING BOOK.

 More than an ordinary coloring book, this is a collection of 25 detailed (8 ½” by 11”) drawings of the people and places in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, much-loved Missouri author. The pictures can be enjoyed on their own OR you can make them even more beauteous with your crayons or colored pencils. I’ve added a Maps and a Chronology, loaded with significant dates in Laura’s life and in those of her dear ones. There’s contact information, too, for the many L.I.W. sites around the country and on the web, as well as an introduction written by L.I.W. biographer, William Anderson. Curious to see an example of the illustrations? CLICK on my Coloring Pages.

Price: $5.97 + $1.25 for applicable sales tax & shipping

 

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JUST FOR YOU TO KNOW

 At last there’s a soft cover edition (originally published by HarperCollins in 2006) of my coming of age novel, set in Independence, MO. The story begins at the end of May,1963, and concludes a year later, after a many a change in the lives of 13-year-old, artistic, crabby Carmen Cathcart and her five little brothers.  IF you’d like to read an excerpt, CLICK HERE:

Price: $9.97 + $2 for applicable sales tax & shipping
 


 

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The Literary Adventures of Washington Irving

The Groundbreaking, Chance-Taking Life of George Washington Carver AND Science & Invention in America

Women Daredevils

The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone and How Early Americans Took to the Road

The Remarkable, Rough-Riding Life of Theodore
Roosevelt and the Rise of Empire America

The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful
 History of the Oregon Trail

The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the
Amazing-but-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony

M is for Mount Rushmore

The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin

Our Colonial Year

Franklin & Eleanor

Ghosts of the Nile

Thomas Jefferson

The Revolutionary John Adams

Rabble Rousers, 20 Women who made a difference

 

Ghosts of the Civil War

Remember the Ladies

George Washington

Ghosts of the 20th Century

Midnight in the Cemetery

Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi

Young Teddy Roosevelt

Ghosts of the White House

Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington

They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express

Young Abe Lincoln 1809 - 1837

PaPa's Christmas Gift

The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal

Young John Quincy

Three Young Pilgrims

The Queen with Bees in Her Hair

 
         
(click on books for links and more illustration)

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